Partner 1: Tanzania Life Project:

Mary Chilatu from the village of Iwondo used to leave her home at 6pm and spend the night finding water in shallow wells.

What does your heart break for?

→ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽?

Gomeli Malyapya of Mapinduzi used to wake up daily at 3 am for the long walk to find water (a dirty, shallow pond).

Once found, she had to stand in line and wait until the landowner’s animals drank first.

Returning home by midday, she used her ration of 5 gallons for the needs of her family of 8.

To save time the tired women often did not boil their drinking water.

Many drank this contaminated water and as a result, became sick.

Most women washed clothes once a month and themselves once every 3 days.

When Jim's daughter Lisa shared the story of Mary and Gomeli,

his heart broke then his engineering mind kicked in and he thought,

→How can I help?

How can I help is a powerful question, because it's the starting process of connecting your abilities and talents to true needs.

See this picture?

It's children in the village seeing water flowing from newly installed wells for the first time.,

→ Life. Laughter. Joy.

Jim and his wife Katie felt called to bring this most basic need of clean water to others in the area.

They founded Tanzania Life Project in 2005.

→ Though now deceased, Jim and Katie’s legacy lives on

TLP continues successfully installing clean water systems in villages most in need in Central Tanzania.

Life in the village is better now that they have plenty of clean water, better health, and more time to spend with their families!

My wife is named after Jim's wife Katie

Tanzania Life Project will be my first partner nonprofit.

→→ Investors still receive their full returns but on my company side,

I will start by giving away a portion of my company-side GP return.

What if your investing had a deeper impact? What non-profits are you investing in? What problems in your community break your heart?